Long before the fall of Detroit, the current US President Woodrow Wilson sent reinforcements, but for selfish reasons, he sent his unusually promoted West Point student Douglas MacArthur to quell the rebellion, instead of inviting Pershing, who had a discord with him and was a descendant of Theodore Roosevelt. However www.biquge.info Douglas MacArthur was very talented, but after all, he had no actual combat experience, and his opponents were all from a sea of corpses, although the highest position among them had been a battalion commander, but he was always more experienced than Douglas MacArthur, who led a corps directly (Note 1) for the first time. Moreover, Douglas MacArthur had another great weakness - pride......

President Woodrow Wilson was overjoyed to hear the news, sent a telegram of encouragement and told him the good news that when he had regained Cleveland, he promoted him to commander of the army group and entrusted him with the task of quelling the rebellion. The ambitious Douglas MacArthur suddenly seemed to be beaten like a chicken, and after a symbolic day's repair, he marched towards Cleveland with the main force.

The battle to retake Cleveland went well at first, but when Douglas MacArthur began to fantasize about himself as commander of an army, a five-star general, and even the president of the United States, the enemy forces in the city suddenly became more brave and tenacious than ever. At first, Douglas MacArthur didn't particularly care about this, he thought that he had just encountered the backbone of the rebel army composed of a few elite veterans, but when he went to the front line to supervise the battle and was still unable to destroy the enemy, Douglas MacArthur finally smelled a hint of conspiracy......

Before Douglas MacArthur could respond, the rebels in the city, disguised as citizens, had already re-armed according to the preparations they had made for a long time, and soon divided the tens of thousands of elite soldiers under MacArthur's command. Even if the rebel army robbed a few arsenals, it still could not compare with the federal army in terms of heavy weapons, and there were no generals in the army who could command large corps for the time being, but if it was replaced by street fighting, the firepower of the rebel army was not inferior to that of the enemy, and many officers had rich experience in commanding small-scale battles, so the strength and weakness were naturally completely different.

And once trapped in the city, it was not so easy for Douglas MacArthur to withdraw again, especially since a large number of rebels who came quickly after receiving telegrams from outside had quickly blocked all the intersections out of the city with machine guns and artillery, and finally more than 60,000 American troops who were trapped at home and abroad were wiped out in Cleveland, and only a few senior officers such as Commander Douglas MacArthur seized the only omission of the rebels, seized the airport first, and finally escaped back safely by plane.

In this way, Douglas MacArthur, who was once considered the most talented graduate of West Point, suffered Waterloo just after his debut, which was almost a devastating blow to a proud young man. However, Douglas MacArthur's goal in life is not just to become a generation of famous generals, what he really wants to sit on is actually the presidential throne, and he has long been ready to be cheeky, so he not only survived, but also gave full play to his acting talent, and perfectly created his sad but unyielding image in front of the media, and soon was reused again.

Speaking of which, on the contrary, the position of US President Woodrow Wilson, who did not have much prestige, was even more precarious, and he had to bow his head and ask Pershing to come out of the mountain, hoping that he could put national affairs first, preside over the conquest plan, and quickly put out the rebellion. Pershing did not agree immediately, but first put forward two conditions, one is to be able to command the power of the national forces, and the other is to ask the president to completely delegate power and not interfere with his command, Woodrow Wilson hesitated for a while, and finally agreed, although at present, his chances of re-election have come to naught, but as long as he can insist on sitting in this presidential term, it is better than the situation has been eroded for a long time, and the angry backstage bosses directly drive him down, right?

It didn't take long for Woodrow Wilson to understand why Pershing had made such a condition, and when he was given full power, he did not immediately attack the rebel-occupied cities, but only gathered troops to block all possible routes of escape, and then ordered the troops to march and gradually tighten the siege. This style of play is indeed a serious move, but the time consumed is certainly not short, Woodrow Wilson was anxious, but because he had agreed before, he could only hold his breath and wait patiently.

President Wilson's concern is not that the delay in quelling the rebellion will affect his position, because even if it is pacified quickly, the outbreak of the rebellion itself will be enough to prevent him from being re-elected after the expiration of his four-year term. What really worries President Wilson is that if this rebellion drags on for too long, I am afraid that enemies at home and abroad will also be ready to move, especially the terrible monster to the west......

In fact, President Wilson's fears were indeed justified, and after seeing the continuation of the rebellion in the United States, those young Zhuang factions in the military of the Republic of China who were eager to make meritorious contributions wrote to the war, hoping that the government would seize this rare opportunity to completely defeat the great enemy of the United States......

Note 1: In the history of the United States, this kind of exceptional promotion is actually quite common, as long as it is valued by the high-level, it is often possible to directly promote to the ranks of senior generals without going through the training of the grassroots and the test of actual combat. Pershing is an example of this, both in this time and in history, and the same is true of MacArthur in history. Some people may say that it is like that if they are promoted without a record, but after all, they save ten or twenty years, or even more time, than the normal way, not to mention that the US army is powerful because of the staff (including technical staff officers, Germany can't compare. The requirements for the command ability of the generals are not so high (the advantage is that the mediocre generals are not too bad, and the disadvantage is that the performance of the cattle is limited, of course, it is an advanced performance overall. In addition, the logistics are really strong, so they can still win the battle, not to mention those officers with prominent backgrounds and connections to help, as long as they are not too bad, it is very easy to make meritorious contributions, and those from poor backgrounds have no chance of being promoted to the top unless they can meet nobles.